The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Blogging As An Exchange Of Nerve Treading

by Smitty Cassandra at Villainous Company returns the favor with an ugly stereotype: In all fairness, the biggest proponents of the “that’s all we ever think about and we can’t control ourselves” meme tend to be … men. Why do guys talk about themselves that way? A few points: The fact that the word ‘meme‘ is […]

Da Tech Guy And The Travelling Fedora Show

by Smitty Da Tech Guy who, it is fair to say, blogged everyone else at CPAC ’10 into the dust, has an announcement and details for his splendid blogging road show. Having had the privilege of hosting him here at my modest abode, I will say that I can’t think of a more warm, genuine […]

Stacy McCain Is A Herman Cain Fanatic

by Smitty I was talking to Stacy on my way home, and he was quite enthusiastic about a Herman Cain speech down at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. In particular, Stacy said, a passage on the Constitution was extremely well received. OK, I didn’t know who the gentleman was, either, but I do like what […]

Fantastic Mint Juleps Revive Americans

by Smitty This week’s FMJRA salutes intrepid road warrior Stacy McCain, going that extra couple hundred miles to bring that crucial back story as only he can: LIVE from Orleans Parish! Political Byline Ruby Slippers Blog President Heartsleeve After making an ass of himself with a private citizen over nuclear opinions, this is my new […]

Light My Fire, Or,
My Political Funeral Pyre

by Smitty You know that it would be untrue, You know that I would be a liar, If I was to say to you, I’ve only got 218 blatantly un-American pieces of work that I desperately need to retire. . . That last line seems to be just a bit short. Meanwhile, the OCTOPUS (Ol’ […]

OK, Now That Stupak’s Gone, Who Wants to Beat Another Blue Dog Democrat?

His name is Rep. John Barrow, and he’s from Georgia’s 12th District. Say hello to his Republican challenger, Ray McKinney, a nuclear power project manager from Emanuel County, Ga.: Peach Pundit blogged about Ray’s campaign earlier this week, and I reported that — happy! happy! joy! joy! — MoveOn.org is preparing to attack Barrow from […]

VIDEO: Live from New Orleans, It’s the Andrew Breitbart Experience!

The dude was on fire today at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, and the MSM couldn’t get enough: Dave Weigel was asking Breitbart about criticism of the O’Keefe-Giles ACORN sting videos. And then a guy from CBS News asked some more questions: Right now, I’m blogging this upstairs while a Blogger Bash is going on downstairs. […]

Fred Thompson On Bart Stupak

by Smitty Fred Thompson has been making few noises of late, alas. But on the Stupak decision to retire, Fred’s take recalls an old Smith family saying: If you’re looking for sympathy, it’s in the dictionary between scatological and syphilis. I grew up in the Northwest, where nuance is when your uncles marry.

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